Quotes by Turkish Authors

Instead of politicians, let the monkeys govern the countries; at least they will steal only the bananas!
Mehmet Murat ildan
He who sees a gold bullion more valuable than a tree has surely an intelligence much less than a donkey’s!
Mehmet Murat ildan
If you come across a high mountain on your way, thank to it, because a good challenge is a great chance for you to surpass yourself! Thank to it!
Mehmet Murat ildan
Bleeding for a decadeFor a decade,We bleed like there is no hell but the earthWe bleed like we were born to dare We bleed like there is nothing alive inside.We find a clueAfter a decadeBleeding is just to breathSimply keeps us alive.
Arzum Uzun
The right of self-determination of the peoples includes the right to a state of their own. However, the foundation of a state does not increase the freedom of a people. The system of the United Nations that is based on nation-states has remained inefficient. Meanwhile, nation-states have become serious obstacles for any social development. Democratic confederalism is the contrasting paradigm of the oppressed people. Democratic confederalism is a non-state social paradigm. It is not controlled by a state. At the same time, democratic confederalism is the cultural organizational blueprint of a democratic nation. Democratic confederalism is based on grassroots participation. Its decision-making processes lie with the communities. Higher levels only serve the coordination and implementation of the will of the communities that send their delegates to the general assemblies. For limited space of time they are both mouthpiece and executive institution. However, the basic power of decision rests with the local grassroots institutions.
Abdullah Öcalan
For the bored souls, sometimes sea is the best answer!
Mehmet Murat ildan
When you take pictures of nature with passion, nature poses for you more passionately!
Mehmet Murat ildan
Are you a part of a herd? Then shame on you! Until you leave your herd, you are no one!
Mehmet Murat ildan
Designer turns daily common objects to sexy and interesting stuff but not necessarily functional.
Baris Gencel
Tonight or every night if you wish you can have a very distinguished guest from the space: Just open your curtain at night, then the Moon will visit you!
Mehmet Murat ildan
In low intelligent ignorant societies, the clever are denigrated and the stupid are belauded; the brainy are stoned and the dull are held in high esteem!
Mehmet Murat ildan
Two poor together are richer than one poor because they can somehow help each other!
Mehmet Murat ildan
In life, there are many hills and valleys to pass and you cannot avoid them! The most important thing you need is to know this: You must pass them!
Mehmet Murat ildan
It is meaningless to rise while leaving others behind! It is also unethical and selfish! If you know the paths to rise, rise altogether with others!
Mehmet Murat ildan
Politicians are like little cats: They are never serious; they always mess up the things; they are fainthearted and spoilt. And when they look at the mirror, they see a tiger there, till the hammer of reality break that mirror very harshly!
Mehmet Murat ildan
If you close your eyes, no lighthouse can help you!
Mehmet Murat ildan
Some politicians are much noisier than the dogs! Just like teaching a dog how to hush, public must likewise teach those politicians to shush!
Mehmet Murat ildan
Don’t perceive the facts as a false criticism or else you lose badly! Because facts are facts and they need to be respected and be taken into consideration promptly!
Mehmet Murat ildan
A boat without port is free only until the storm breaks out!
Mehmet Murat ildan
Don’t look for trouble, because troubles look for being found by those who look for them!
Mehmet Murat ildan
A touch may not always be a love but love is always a touch!
Mehmet Murat ildan
Countries which are governed by the dabblers will undoubtedly turn into the miserable countries!
Mehmet Murat ildan
For the cowards, all doors are locked; for the daring, all doors are open!
Mehmet Murat ildan
May be you have already reached your target, but if you don’t know this, you will move away from your target!
Mehmet Murat ildan
The more you spend time in a herd, the more you will move away from yourself! So you must move away from your herd to get closer to yourself, to find your true self you have lost in the herd!
Mehmet Murat ildan
For an incurious person, an open door will be no different than a wall!
Mehmet Murat ildan
There are two groups of people: Herds and individual clever people. Because herds have numerical superiority, individual clever people remain weak in determining the right fate for the country! The solution: Disperse the herds, augment the individuals!
Mehmet Murat ildan
For the contented minds, lakes are oceans!
Mehmet Murat ildan
Old people deserves a medal, a medal of existence which crowns their long-term victory against the cruelty of time and the dangers of this chaotic universe!
Mehmet Murat ildan
In any country where there is a dishonorable government, there is certainly a dishonorable nation!
Mehmet Murat ildan
A city man taking the picture of a donkey and behaving like he has seen an alien creature must absolutely be photographed as he is certainly more interesting than the donkey itself!
Mehmet Murat ildan
Similar souls wander in the similar places! They may not know each other, but often they touch the same winds, they step on the same leaves, their looks are lost in the same horizons!
Mehmet Murat ildan
For a clever man, different cultures, different lives, different attitudes, different dreams, different of everything are a good teacher! You only take the things you already know from somebody or something like you!
Mehmet Murat ildan
Reaching the top requires taking a good break every time you need it! On the way up, you must never hesitate to stop for a while!
Mehmet Murat ildan
No king has a throne more beautiful than a bench covered with the autumn leaves!
Mehmet Murat ildan
If you are stupid enough not to know the difference between the devil and the angel, you quickly find the devil! This is what happens to most people in democracies just after elections!
Mehmet Murat ildan
There is no such thing as a non-dangerous dictator! Like all the venomous snakes, all dictators are dangerous! Then what is the antidote? Antidote is our love for freedom and our unshakable determination on the matter of keeping this love!
Mehmet Murat ildan
Sometimes there is no time to wait for the sea to calm down! If you have to reach your target, let your voyage start and let the storm be your path!
Mehmet Murat ildan
When the unexpected meets with the unprepared, over there we find the greatest astonishments!
Mehmet Murat ildan
A country where there is no security of life is certainly not a country but just a slaughter house!
Mehmet Murat ildan
When you turn your back to the truth, the truth will soon appear before you!
Mehmet Murat ildan
Always be loyal to human values not to your country, because your country may well betray the human values!
Mehmet Murat ildan
Every time a stupid politician says something stupid, you don’t have to reply to him, because it is nonsense to shoo every barking dog away!
Mehmet Murat ildan
There is no sunset in a fascist country, because there is not a Sun in a fascist country!
Mehmet Murat ildan
We must thank to the crazy people because by looking at their achievements or the failures, we can decide whether we have to inject some craziness to our own lives or not!
Mehmet Murat ildan
You may not be happy with your life. All you have to do is to refuse to be unhappy! Because the worst thing is to get used to be unhappy!
Mehmet Murat ildan
There is no honour in exploiting people and there is also no honour in exploiting animals! Using people or using animals for our own interests is nothing but an arrogant immorality!
Mehmet Murat ildan
A hammer with flowers is still a hammer for the nail!
Mehmet Murat ildan
A country where people are afraid of even their own shadows is surely a country of dictatorship! In such vile countries there are two groups of people: The zombies, the living-dead who serve the dictator and the rest, the clever and honourable people who fight for their freedom!
Mehmet Murat ildan
Learn well how to think right and then be your own shepherd, otherwise you shall be the unlucky sheep of all sorts of cunning shepherds!
Mehmet Murat ildan
Mountains which block your way are mostly created by your own wrong thinking!
Mehmet Murat ildan
People seem to be doing different things, but in reality they do the same thing: They just rush about without having any outstanding universal goal!
Mehmet Murat ildan
The things you escape have the ability to catch you, one or other day! Stop running away! Meet them and defeat them!
Mehmet Murat ildan
Reflection is a blessing and reflection happens not only when one sees himself on a mirror or on the windowpane or on a puddle, but it also happens when someone criticises you! In every true critique made on you, you will see yourself and you will obtain a good chance to make corrections on yourself! Reflection happens even in the books you read! Reflection is a blessing; when it happens, you discover yourself, you face yourself!
Mehmet Murat ildan
When you are in trouble, you are the nearest first person who can help you!
Mehmet Murat ildan
To reach your target quicker, don’t lose your time by looking back!
Mehmet Murat ildan
The most important thing about the ‘next time’ is that there may not be a next time!
Mehmet Murat ildan
A silver-tongued charlatan and a half-wit society are made for each other! When these two come together in an election, a great disaster happens: Charlatan comes to power!
Mehmet Murat ildan
It is a privilege to exist, it is a privilege to live and all this made possible by our Earth, our beautiful warm home in this cold universe! If you are a man of high moral standing, you will protect the Earth with all your heart! Earth is the only real holy temple on earth! The more we love the earth, the more we will be loved by the earth!
Mehmet Murat ildan
If a nation wants to be deceived, let it be deceived! Through this way, they will learn the truth after many deceptions and pains! Truth and time are the greatest teachers, they are the greatest instructors!
Mehmet Murat ildan